Take a vacation day, lose a work-from home day. Holiday during the week? Sorry, that’ll cost you a remote day, too. Thanksgiving week- sorry no working from home for anyone. Out sick two days? Better be in that car all the remainder of that week. It really cheapens the value of Holidays and PTO since it burns telecommuting instead of commuting.
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Sambar actually said that taking a vacation day does not count as an office day and you still need 3 days RTO for the week. Stop spreading misinformation.
Yeah, they don't even like answering questions regarding RTO anymore at all. When you bring it up and start pointing out all the gaps in the corporate policy and inquiring about "How" we are supposed to collaborate together (includes effectively recording the time spent doing so and measuring it's impact on work productivity and output), you get stuck with dead air from everybody in a supervisory role in the chain of command. All of them.
Surely, if this whole RTO thing is about "collaborating" to improve efficiency, increase effectiveness and drive innovation, you'd want to be able to measure that right?? Or at the very least institute some minimum measurable compliance with collaboration right??
Examples:
- Co-worker walks up to your desk and just starts talking to you about a project, problem or initiative that you're not associated with and wants your feedback/help
- Co-worker walks up to my desk and asks me to review data analysis for a project or initiative I'm not currently associated with, assigned too or have a role in
- Field or CO tech walks up (I'm colocated with both) and makes ad hoc inquiry for assistance for something I don't manage, administer or support
- I ask 2 of my co-workers to meet me in the conference room to discuss collaboration opportunities. Although we are in the same department, none of our responsibilities/assignments cross paths. What should we collaborate about?? How long should we collaborate for in each session?? How do we go about recording action items and work activities associated with them and get them logged properly so someone knows we're collaborating
I'm busy with my own commitments most of the time so it seems kinda important that those folks preaching the collaboration song and dance provide some guidance on what and how they want it and how they plan to capture data and measure it.
A vacation day, holiday etc does count as an in office day
And it doesn't count according to the FAQ posted for Legg people. And they seem to get upset at town halls when people ask the same questions over and over again, because the company can't even give out the same policy to everyone. Earlier they claimed the policy was simply based on a percentage of having to be in the office 60% of the days you worked, but somewhere that changed depending on who you ask.
It's so typical that they can't even get this policy straight and it really does come down to whatever a division wants to do to claim someone isn't following policy to get rid of them.
Grow up and stop whining! Jesus go in 5 days a week looser
I’ll trade. I have to go in 5 days every week unless I’m taking vacation time. Quit whining!
Yeah! You can count to three. Good job.
Sounds like a really great deal to me. You get to work from home part of every week that is a good deal
Actually no at under Sambar. This question was asked and and by both Chris Sambar and an HR rep on a town hall twice last year. A vacation day, holiday etc does count as an in office day. We do not have to make up the day with another in office day due to a day off. Emphatically stated during two of his townhalls. Perhaps if you work in another org it may be different but under Sambar that’s the policy.
That is not what Sambar said.
Actually no at under Sambar. This question was asked and and by both Chris Sambar and an HR rep on a town hall twice last year. A vacation day, holiday etc does count as an in office day. We do not have to make up the day with another in office day due to a day off. Emphatically stated during two of his townhalls. Perhaps if you work in another org it may be different but under Sambar that’s the policy.
Fu-kem...just work from home and let the boomers go where they are comfortable.
Don’t answer messages, emails, or calls outside of the 8 hours you work. Take 2 breaks and a lunch every day. Follow the letter of the rule.
We will most likely NEVER see T stock back at
$32.6863 per share.
It’s been 2 years ago since it hit $20!
Imagine be that entitled that you think taking a vacation day should count as working from the office. Crazy.
Due to the mass layoffs and dumping 69,000 retirees' pension to Athene and among other situations to cook the books for a stock increase I wouldn't get too excited. There is a lawsuit in motion due to the fact those pensions sold no longer follow the Government Pension act and they still face the risk they may have to bear the cost of cleaning up the lead-sheathed cables. Let see if they can keep it up. In June of 2016 the stock was $32.6863 per share its now it's barely of $17.00 per share. Not to impressive to me.
OP
They want you to work 24x7 AND with NO “work life balance”.
Consider yourself lucky if this is your biggest issue with current employment at T.
At least the stock is down 8% since Stankey brought back live collaboration!